Fact 1
Though the Nobel committee is often criticized for overlooking her, she was a part of the discovery of nuclear fission, which her colleague received the Nobel Prize for.
Fact 2
She has a chemical element named after her, a radioactive synthetic element, called the meitnerium.
Fact 3
In 1964 she suffered a heart attack, causing her condition to weaken and making her unable to travel to the U.S. to receive the Enrico Fermi Prize.
was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science
Was a German physicist who won the 1914 Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of X-ray crystallography which helps in determining the arrangement of atoms in some substances.
Was a Polish-French physicist and chemist.
Was a biophysicist of German-American descent, known widely for his work on bacteria and other significant biological discoveries.
was a British biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry twice
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer
was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register
Was an American chemist best known as the developer of the radiocarbon dating technique for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1960.
Was a German theoretical physicist and amongst the key creators of quantum mechanics.